I'm using Edli for the first time in many years. at C:\>
I entered "edlin boot.ini".

Dos returned "endo of input file", with an asterisk on the
next line.

I entered "dir/w" to see if boot.ini was in the
directory. Edlin came back with line 1:*

I'm many lines later and I don't know how to get back to
the command prompt to enter the Edlin "q" command.

Thanks in advance.

System: Dell notebook with Windows 2000.

http://www.computerhope.com/edlin.htm

Q Quits Edlin without saving changes.
E Quits Edlin after saving changes.


"Rick K" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:2322301c45e4c$83e9a770$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I'm using Edli for the first time in many years. at C:\>
> I entered "edlin boot.ini".
>
> Dos returned "endo of input file", with an asterisk on the
> next line.
>
> I entered "dir/w" to see if boot.ini was in the
> directory. Edlin came back with line 1:*
>
> I'm many lines later and I don't know how to get back to
> the command prompt to enter the Edlin "q" command.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> System: Dell notebook with Windows 2000.

"Paul R. Sadowski" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> http://www.computerhope.com/edlin.htm
>
> Q Quits Edlin without saving changes.
> E Quits Edlin after saving changes.

You didn't read his post very carefully. He knew about the 'q' command, but
not how to get back to the EDLIN prompt to use it.

> "Rick K" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:2322301c45e4c$83e9a770$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I'm using Edli for the first time in many years. at C:\>
> > I entered "edlin boot.ini".
> >
> > Dos returned "endo of input file", with an asterisk on the
> > next line.

That's normal. At this point, you aren't in DOS anymore. You're in EDLIN.
BTW, at the "*" prompt, you can type ? to get a help summary.

> > I entered "dir/w" to see if boot.ini was in the
> > directory. Edlin came back with line 1:*

Well, since you now know that you were in EDLIN, you can see how it didn't
understand this DOS command. EDLIN tries to parse the command though. It
sees the "d" and as a result deletes the last line in your boot.ini. Then
it sees the "i" and throws you into insert mode (the 1:* you saw). You can
press ^C or ^Z to stop inserting lines. Then EDLIN will see the r/w and
think it's a replace command.

"Rick K" wrote:

>I'm using Edli for the first time in many years. at C:\>
>I entered "edlin boot.ini".
>
>Dos returned "endo of input file", with an asterisk on the
>next line.
>
>I entered "dir/w" to see if boot.ini was in the
>directory. Edlin came back with line 1:*
>
>I'm many lines later and I don't know how to get back to
>the command prompt to enter the Edlin "q" command.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>System: Dell notebook with Windows 2000.

Since edlin /? isn't of great help type in a cmd window
hh ntcmds.chm::/edlin.htm or
hh ntcmds.chm::/edlin_subcmds.htm

To see the Gui Help
--
Greetings
Matthias________________________________________
For help on nt commands enter in a cmd window:
W2K>HH windows.chm::ntcmds.htm XP>HH ntcmds.chm

Thanks guys. ^c did the job.



>-----Original Message-----
>
>"Paul R. Sadowski" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> http://www.computerhope.com/edlin.htm
>>
>> Q Quits Edlin without saving changes.
>> E Quits Edlin after saving changes.
>
>You didn't read his post very carefully. He knew about
the 'q' command, but
>not how to get back to the EDLIN prompt to use it.
>
>> "Rick K" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message
>> news:2322301c45e4c$83e9a770$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > I'm using Edli for the first time in many years. at
C:\>
>> > I entered "edlin boot.ini".
>> >
>> > Dos returned "endo of input file", with an asterisk
on the
>> > next line.
>
>That's normal. At this point, you aren't in DOS
anymore. You're in EDLIN.
>BTW, at the "*" prompt, you can type ? to get a help
summary.
>
>> > I entered "dir/w" to see if boot.ini was in the
>> > directory. Edlin came back with line 1:*
>
>Well, since you now know that you were in EDLIN, you can
see how it didn't
>understand this DOS command. EDLIN tries to parse the
command though. It
>sees the "d" and as a result deletes the last line in
your boot.ini. Then
>it sees the "i" and throws you into insert mode (the 1:*
you saw). You can
>press ^C or ^Z to stop inserting lines. Then EDLIN will
see the r/w and
>think it's a replace command.
>
>
>.
>